Following on from some positive feedback and great press coverage of our Clovelly Donkeys pilot film we are full steam ahead with plans for community workshops, film making and education for 2014 and beyond.

We are delighted to be able to offer work experience to a student from Pilton Community College in Barnstaple for work experience. We have a very enthusiastic student who has come up with a great idea for a short film for North Devon Moving Image (NDMI). During the week he is with us he will research, write, shoot and produce a short film. As well as production skills the student will be learning about promoting their work to the public.

Following a meeting with Torrington Cavaliers this week we are excited to let you know that we will be working closely with the well known local fundraisers to make a film about their next giant bonfire. Although this extravagant charity event will not take place until the summer of 2015, the building is due to start soon and NDMI will be there to chart its progress.

We are also really pleased to announce that we will be collaborating with North Devon artist Jo Bushell on the When I Was Your Age project for NDMI. This innovative intergenerational visual art and movement project is in the planning but we will let you have more news when all is confirmed.

At 150 years old this year, the Royal North Devon Golf Club in Northam is the oldest links golf course in the country and (once the weather clears up!) we will be meeting the oldest and youngest members to create a celebratory film.

We have plenty more up our sleeve too including the all important funding bids to bring these exciting projects to fruition.

One area we are keen to get going as soon as possible is delivering some documentary film making education in North Devon. We are currently looking for partners who can help us deliver film making workshops for children and adults in community or education settings. If you are interested in this please do get in touch.

We are really delighted to have been awarded an SDF grant which will pay for IT equipment enabling us to produce short films in-house here at NDMI.

Our first film, which will be produced in January 2014, will look at life in Clovelly today. A visit to the historic north Devon fishing village is like stepping back in time so we are going to find out what it is like living there in 2014; is it a primitive way of life or do the villagers have all mod cons just like the rest of us?

One thing we do know is that there is no motor traffic in the village and we will be visiting Sue and Bart Kelly, who look after Clovelly's famous donkeys and finding out all about their contribution to every day life in north Devon today.